(Photo credit: Tom Casino/Showtime) By Scott Gilfoid: Heavyweight talent Deontay Wilder (29-0, 29 KO’s) but the boxing world on notice this week by telling the crowd at the latest Bernard Hopkins press conference that he’ll soon be the next heavyweight champion.
Deontay has a fight this Saturday night against Nicolai Firtha (21-10-1, 8 KO’s) but he definitely has mind mind elsewhere in thinking about his goal of bringing back the heavyweight strap to the United States to put on his mantle.